Everything Greenhouse runs, in one place, with a link to each project’s own page.
Greenhouse works on two fronts at once: people and place. On the people side, After the Fall and Dancing in Preschool work directly with mothers, teenagers and young children in Vrygrond township. On the place side, Living Islands rebuilds habitat in a damaged waterway at Marina da Gama.
New Moon Ecstatic Dance sits between the two. It is a public gathering, it funds the clay studio through the Clifton ZERO series, and it is where most people first meet the organisation.
The Expedition to Namibia and the PEACE Institute are the longer-term work: learning directly from indigenous communities and building a network able to put indigenous ethics into practice.
Each card links to that project’s own page, where the detail lives.
Vrygrond, Cape Town · running
A clay and pottery studio for five mothers and their teens, built inside a section of a local creche.
Vrygrond, Cape Town · 2024–2025
A weekly slot at Butterfly Way Preschool, run alongside the teachers rather than in place of them.
Cape Town · 2020 – ongoing
Outdoor gatherings from sunset into the new-moon night, inspired by accounts of Khoi transformation rituals.
Marina da Gama, Cape Town · running
Floating wetlands of biodegradable material and indigenous plants, rebuilding dragonfly habitat after sewage pollution.
Windhoek and the north · 11–23 April 2027
Thirteen days from Windhoek into northern Namibia, seven of them living with San communities.
Global initiative · in development
Eco Spirituality, Eco Education and Eco Hospitality — a network for putting indigenous ethics into practice.
Every project above is shaped by the same set of principles: rhythm and health, shared leadership, stewardship and reciprocity.
— Rhythm and health — movement as a medium of empathy and community cohesion
— Shared leadership — decisions made with the community, not for it
— Stewardship — sustainability measured by what the land can carry
— Reciprocity — what is taken from a place is returned to it
Six to ten hours a week, in the preschool, the clay studio or the wetland build.
Greenhouse is a registered South African Nonprofit Organisation, NPO 081-983-NPO. Full registration details are on our impact page.
